Love others… in our world

Annual Medical Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic

The annual Medical Mission team is led by a local Kansas doctor every March. Westwood volunteers along with approximately 60 others from MMI — medical professionals and general helpers from all over the U.S. and Canada — work in medical clinics set up daily in villages located in poverty stricken areas of Dominican Republic. Part of the group also performs surgeries in a local hospital. All patients hear the Good News of Jesus Christ in addition to medical care. Both bodies and souls are healed on this trip.

The trip is open to anyone willing to share Jesus’ love with others. No medical experience is needed. Volunteers are also needed to pray for the trip, provide financial support, sew cloth bags for patient medications, paste Spanish health messages on used greeting cards, and help pack tubs of supplies. Donations of small bars of soap, toothpaste, matchbox cars, small dolls and hair barrettes are always needed.

Contact: Sharon Chester

Elpis Foundation

The Elpis Foundation in Romania is the TUMI (The Urban Ministry Institute) Romanian Satellite. They are in the process of translating books and manuals for a seminary-level education for poor rural pastors. Most are pastors for multiple towns and have an 8th grade education and very little resources for supporting their churches. The classes have started in 4 areas of the country, with plans to go into the prisons, Urkaine, Moldova, and other countries with Romanian speaking communities.

Ten 14

This ministry primarily reaches out to the Bheels, the lowest caste of Hindus, aka “Untouchables”, who are living in the desert in Southern Pakistan. They support 9 Christian pastors who spread the Gospel in multiple villages. They also have a Christian school and are working with TUMI (The Urban Ministry Institute) to translate the seminary-level education into Urdu for these pastors.

Presbyterian General Mission

Committed to sending mission personnel, Empowering the global church and equipping the Presbyterian Church (USA) for mission as together we address the root causes of poverty, work for reconciliation amid cultures of violence, and share the good news of God’s saving love through Jesus Christ.

The Navigators

The mission of The Navigators is to advance the gospel of Jesus and His Kingdom into the nations through life-on-life mentoring—or discipling—relationships with people, and equipping them to do the same for others. It’s what we call “generational multiplication,” as described in 2 Timothy: And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others (2 Timothy 2:2 NIV).

Mission Aviation Fellowship – The Birkemo Family

Westwood helps to sponsor Nate and Terra Birkemo, who serve Jesus through the MAF in the West Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nate is a pilot and helps fly personnel, medical supplies, mosquito nets, patients needing surgery – whatever is needed – in and out of remote locations. Updates on the Birkemo family and their work in the West D.R.C. are posted on the Outreach bulletin board in the Westwood atrium. Prayer is always needed. Visit the MAF website to discover other ways you can support this ministry. www.maf.org/birkemo

Contact: Sharon Chester

The Outreach Foundation

The development of Christianity in Pakistan is nurtured through a commitment to Gujranwala Theological Seminary providing theological training to men and women of Pakistan.

AIM AIR

AIM AIR is a Christian missionary aviation team operating six aircraft from three bases in east and central Africa. Jerry Hurd and his team of pilots, mechanics, avionics techs, and administrators serve the needs of 50+ Christian organizations and hundreds of missionaries. The airplanes he flies are tools, moving missionaries, pastors, and cargo over some of the world’s most inhospitable terrain, to bring hope, and the Good News, to some of the world’s most forgotten peoples.